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 Nov 2017 woolgather
Anne Molony
“Who are you?”
my sleepy mind mocks me

It tears holes and ties knots
It drips and oozes and makes toxic puddles
contaminating confidence, daily

Instagram is a persona maintained for an audience that seldom claps
100 whistles for
smart captions, pretty faces, good lighting
over-exposed and contrasted, highly saturated filters-
and roses for cleavage

my distorted caricature
 Nov 2017 woolgather
ZT
Gusto ko maging iba
Kahit hindi yong tipong nakakawow, basta lang kakaiba
Kasi baka pag ganun ako e may pag asa pa
Na mabihag ang iyong mga mata
Na sa akin ay nakatingin ka
Kahit sa isang sandali lang ay maramdaman ko na
Sa ganun ay parang akin ka

Gusto ko maging iba
yung kakaiba
kahit na maging katawa tawa
basta lang kapalit nito'y
ako'y
mapansin mo na
 Nov 2017 woolgather
Traveler
Coming on the clouds
Your reward arrives
You made yourself pure
You made yourself wise
Beyond reproach
You held to your faith
Stuck to the path
Your death is now safe!

Invisible spirit creature
Made it alright
Reincarnate and repete
Stumbling through lives
...
Traveler Tim

Someone said:
Maybe for this reason
I was wounded like that...

Maybe you were just wounded like that.
 Nov 2017 woolgather
Ashly Kocher
I was forced to do things I didn’t want to do
Blinded by
            “LOVE”
I thought it he was being true
Throw me on the bed or wherever he wanted
Made me do things I never actually wanted...to do
He was my first and I’ll never forget
The hurt and pain he caused me and sometimes still does
I carry all this regret
Why couldn’t I see what was happening to me
In all those years I just couldn’t see
How you were abusing and degrading me
Forcing me to do things I didn’t want to do
Blinded by
               “LOVE”
That in the end
Wasn’t
T
  R
    U
       E....
I was sexually abused by my ex boyfriend many years ago. Not many people actually know. Still haunts me sometimes to this day.
I smoke **** just like you.
Money gives me greed just like you.
******* makes me wonder just like you.
My parents kicked me out when i was 17 just like you.
I died inside when i turned 13 just like you.
I saw life for what it was a 7 just like you.
I want to die everyday just like you.
I think about killing myself just ljke you.
I don't like money just like you.
I love the moon just like you.
I love the idea of love just like you.
Most important im not alone, just like you.
For everyone younger than my 23 years that's ready to go i feel your pain.
 Nov 2017 woolgather
Traveler
I hate to read
I love to write
Still I stopped to read
Your poem last night
It gave me quivers
It gave me fright
Flesh and blood
A window of sight
Into your visions
Subliminal crimes
Oh how wicked
Your moment in time

I hate to read
I love to write
But who will survive
On this poetry sight
....
Traveler Tim
I called the girl
I broke up with,
So very long ago.
A number dialed
Into my brain:
862-6220.
Her father answered,
Took some time,
But put her on the phone.
I felt her breathe into the mouthpiece,
The last time she said, Hello.
I answered,
I love you all the more
Forgive me. Marry me.

I tried that number,
For old time's sake,
To see who'd take the call.
But the machine said
That line's dead,
So I can't make that call
No more.
 Nov 2017 woolgather
Moonsocket
When free will falters..

madness makes moves

Eyes reassemble for nonsense

Their only crime was observing
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